Wooden shipping-case



A. H. GODKEVITCH. WOODEN SHIPPING APPLICATION FILED ma. 2|.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

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WOODEN SHIPPING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pa tentgd Sept. 20, 1921.

Application filed. March 31, 1921. Serial No. 457,202.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, ABRAHAM H. GoDKn- VITOH, a citizen of the Republic of Russia, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in.Wooden Shipping-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved case or box adapted for use in the shipment of valuable goods such as silks, cigars, etc., the object of the invention being to so form and connect the walls that the case cannot be opened by removing or loosening the wall or a board thereof without leaving tell-tale evidence thatthe case has been tampered with. The consignee, upon noting such evidence of tampering may refuse to receipt for the case as in good condition, and may thus be protected from loss. The actual loss from theft will also be reduced to a minimum, if not entirely eliminated, as a person tempted to open the case and extract a portion of the contents while the case is in transit, would hesitate to do so if he was fairly sure to be found out.

As one important feature of my construe tion I'provide a novel form of automatic locking device, the parts of which automatically come into engagement upon the closing of the lid, and which prevents the lid from being opened without breaking or destroying the same.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one form which my invention may assume. In this construction.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a case, a portion being broken away to show one of the fastening devices,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the top, showing the fastening device in said elevation.

Figs. 3 and 4 are sections on the lines 33 and 4:-4: respectively, of Fig.2, and viewed in the directions indicated by the arrows,

Fig. 5 is a section, on the line 55, of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one member of the fastening device.

My improved case in the form illustrated includes a top 10, bottom 11, ends 12 and sides 13 formed of wooden boards. The ends preferably include a rectangular frame 13, to the inner surface of which the end boards are secured and the top, bottom and sides overlap this frame so that their ends are flush with the outer surface of the latter. The top and bottom have similar transverse boards or bars 14 extending across the main boards of the top and bottom,-and these bars 1 1 at their ends are secured to vertical bars or boards 15 on the side of the box. Preferably the bars 15 have recesses at their extremities receiving the projections 16 so that adjoining ends of the bars. 14 and 15 may be connected by both vertical and horizontal nails.

. Within the box and adjacent to each end of each of the cross bars 14,1 provide an automatic fastening device. This includes a plate 17 secured to the top by a bolt 18- and adapted to lie adjacent to the inner surface of the end wall 13. This plate 17 has a second plate 19 rigidly secured thereto and spaced therefrom by rivets 20, two of which serve as pivots for catches 21. These latter extend downwardly between the two walls '17 and 18, and'are pressed apart by a spring 22 of any suitable kind. The side wall 13 of the box carries a retainer in the form of a plate 22 of the form shown in Fig. 6. This has a lower end portion 23 adapted to be secured to the wall'b'y a bolt 24. Above this portion 23 the plate bends outwardly from the wall to a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the plate 17 and the parts carried thereby, and has a pair of flanges 25 extending toward and preferably to, the inner surface of the wall 13. These are spaced apart to a distance substantially equal to the width ofthe plates 17 and 19, so that the latter may enter between the fianges 25 and between the plate 22 and the wall 18. The spring pressed catches 21 are pointed at their lower ends and have shoulders which may engage beneath the flanges 25, as shown in Fig. 2, after the cover has been forced downwardly into position.

The two members of the retainer are so positioned that when the cover is placed on the box, the cover will be in'proper registry with the walls and will be positively and permanently held down. The plates 17 and 2-2 are held to the walls each by a single bolt, and these are of such character that they cannot be unscrewed fromthe exterior. Preferably the heads are counter sunk or rounded and if desired, the extreme inner upon withdrawal of the usual nails.

ends of these bolts may be slightly riveted over, to prevent any possibility of the nuts thereon being loosened or removed. The bolts 18 and 24 extend through the bars 14 and 15, so that the four bars are positively connected at their ends and cannot be lifted or removed, and thus no one of the boards of the top, bottom or sides can be lifted off The bolts also prevent any sliding or endwise V movement of .theboards, of the top, bottom .nuts against the under surface of the top,

but the bolts extend a suflicient distance beyond the nuts so as to enter recesses or sockets in the end walls or the frame thereof. These bolts cannot be removed, nor access gained to the nuts thereof while the box is closed, and they prevent the sliding of the boards carrying the same. The intermediate portions of the bottom, top and sides may be effectively prevented from endwise sliding movement by nailing them to the bars 14 and 15 from the inner surface, so that the nails are concealed from view and cannot be Withdrawn or driven out.

To prevent theintermediate boards of the end walls from being forced inwardly I preferably provide bars 28 extending across each end at right angles to the direction of the boards of the latter, and these maybe bolted to the intermediate boards of the ends by bolts 29, the heads of which are of such character that the bolts'cannot be rotated.

With the box constructed as above de scribed and nailed together, the contents is effectively protected, and no one of the walls .and no one of the boards of any'wall can be loosened or removed to gain access to the interior without positively breaking the board and thus prevent its replacement in 'its'original condltion.

, frame bars also prevent the endwise. movement of the adjacent portions of the walls. It will of course be evident that the specific fastening devices shown need be employed only in connection with the cover, as the bar across the bottom may be secured to the end bars 15 by a plate corresponding to the plate 17 butdirectly secured to theadjacent side by a bolt similar to the bolt 24. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. A shipping case having bars extending transversely of'the top, bottom and two opposite vertical walls upon the exterior thereof, a fastening device upon the interior of jacent ends of the bars on adjoining sides and adapted to engage with said catches to prevent opening of the .case.

3. A shipping case having bars extending transversely'of the top, bottom and two opposite vertical walls on the exterior thereof, fastening devices upon the interior of the case and connecting said bars together and including a plate carried by one wall and adapted to lie adjacent to the adjoining wall a pair of oppositely acting.springpressed catches carried by said plates, and a retainer carried by said adjoining wall and adapted for interlocking engagement: 5 with said catches.v

4. A fastening device for shipping cases I 7 including a platesecured to the interior surfaceof one wall and adapted to lie adjacent to and parallel with an' adjoining wall, a plate secured to said adjoining wall and having portions spaced therefrom to receive said first mentioned plate therebetween, a pair of lugs on said second plate and projecting toward said second wall, and a pair of spring pressed catches carried by said first plate and adapted to enter between and lock beneath said lugs upon the closing'of the case. I

5. A shipping case having end frames, top

bottom and side walls formed of boards overlapping and secured to said frames, bars extending transversely of said top, bottom and side walls, automatic devices upon the interior of the case and includingfcoacting parts carried by said bars at the ends thereof for locking said bars'together, and independentmeansfor preventing endwise movement of the intermediate portions forming said top, bottom and side walls.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this 28th day of March,A. D. 1921.

ABRAHAM H. GODKEVITCI-L- 

